Ellen M. Considine

Ellen M. Considine is an incoming Assistant Professor of Geography and Fellow of CIRES at the University of Colorado Boulder, starting August 2025. Her work integrates environmental change, health and wellbeing, and data science to develop pragmatic, equitable solutions for public and planetary health challenges.

Education:

• PhD in Biostatistics from Harvard University (2025)
• BS in Applied Mathematics from CU Boulder

Research Interests:

• GeoHealth and Planetary Health
• Applied Statistics and Data Science
• Policy and Decision-Making under Uncertainty
• Environmental Justice in Air Quality
• AI/ML Applications for Climate-Health
• Low-Cost Sensor Networks for Equitable Monitoring

Scientific Awards:

• American Statistical Association Student Paper Competition Winner (2024)
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2020)
• CU Boulder Outstanding Graduate (2020)

Publications focus on causal inference for plastic waste policy analysis, AI-driven heat alerts, sensor equity in air quality, wildfire PM2.5 modeling, and interdisciplinary data science applications. She emphasizes environmental justice and equity in all projects.